Bendy and broken pikes

[old smokie]

agree with the open handed pikemen but what about having open handed flag bearers as well , I have had quite a few bendy and broken flag poles 

[petercooman]

Now maybe i am just blessed, but i have never had a broken flagpole up until now 

Worst thing to come off was a bajonet, and that was during prepping using a needle file.

[doctorphalanx]

There's a thread on flags and poles (technically also called 'pikes') here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,2562.0.html

[Leon]

The trouble already is that people start thinking about which other ranges/figures they'd prefer open-handed and it starts that domino effect.  If we did the ECW's, we'd then get asked about the Elizabethans, and so on.  It's a slippery slope...!   

[Orcs]

Not the period, but Pendraken Macedonian pike are cast open-handed.

That is one of the main reasons I have avoided a macedonian army, despite having an Indiamn opponent

As Leon says its a matter of preference

[petercooman]

There's a thread on flags and poles (technically also called 'pikes') here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,2562.0.html

No open handed flag poses for me.The more pieces you need for a model,the more chances you run out of stuff. If you do all your shopping by mail like me, that means paying postage to get the item, or waiting for a bigger order to add to.

As i said, never had a flagpole go bad on me, so not worth the hassle in my opinion.

* a point to consider, i always wanted to go with Xyston to make a spartan army (Was considering that 7 years ago), but never went that way, because i found the open hand way just annoying. Especially when the pack sizes of models and spears/pikes never work out. For example with xyston, a pack is 8 models, and a spear pack is 50 (and they are all 50mm so you have to cut to size too). I needed 52 models to make the force i wanted. And the spears are 6,75£. No way i am paying that amount for 2 lousy spears, just to complete 2 models i already paid for.

Or when you buy their dba army pack for 25£ and then have to pay more than 1/5th of that price just to get spears for them.

I'll have everything cast on please 

[Womble67]

The trouble already is that people start thinking about which other ranges/figures they'd prefer open-handed and it starts that domino effect.  If we did the ECW's, we'd then get asked about the Elizabethans, and so on.  It's a slippery slope...!   

I see what you mean 

Take care

Andy